King Kuru
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King Kuru is a legendary ancestral monarch in Indian epic tradition, regarded as the progenitor of the Kuru clan central to the Mahabharata.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Kuru canonical | 4 |
| Kuru king | 2 |
| Kuru (mythical ancestor) | 1 |
| Kuru throne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4533384 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Kuru Context triple: [Kuru dynasty, traditionalFounder, King Kuru]
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A.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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B.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is a prominent water and weather deity in Chinese tradition, revered as the ruler of seas, rivers, and rainfall.
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C.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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D.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
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E.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Kuru Target entity description: King Kuru is a legendary ancestral monarch in Indian epic tradition, regarded as the progenitor of the Kuru clan central to the Mahabharata.
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A.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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B.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is a prominent water and weather deity in Chinese tradition, revered as the ruler of seas, rivers, and rainfall.
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C.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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D.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
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E.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancestor
ⓘ
epic character ⓘ legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Kuru clan ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Kuru Kingdom
ⓘ
Kurukshetra ⓘ
linked to:
Kurukshetra battlefield
|
| associatedWith | Kurukshetra battlefield ⓘ |
| cosmicAge |
Dvapara Yuga (traditional attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dvapara Yuga
|
| culturalSignificance | symbolic ancestor of North Indian Kshatriya lineages in epic lore ⓘ |
| culture | Indian ⓘ |
| genealogicalStatus | ancestor of both Kauravas and Pandavas ⓘ |
| genre | Itihasa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being central to the genealogy of the Mahabharata
ⓘ
establishing the Kuru lineage ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | legendary rather than historical ⓘ |
| mythicFunction | founder-figure of a royal house ⓘ |
| notableDescendants |
Dhritarashtra
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Kauravas ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ Pandu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMahabharata |
ancestral monarch
ⓘ
progenitor of the Kuru clan ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ |
| tradition | Hindu epic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: King Kuru Description of subject: King Kuru is a legendary ancestral monarch in Indian epic tradition, regarded as the progenitor of the Kuru clan central to the Mahabharata.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Kuru
linked to: King Kuru
linked to: King Kuru
linked to: King Kuru